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BIN 06, 002 (P290900)
Letter, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 06, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P290900 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03660 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na szu-a-nim qi2-bi4-ma | To Šū-Anum speak! |
| 2 | um-ma ha-ti2-ma | Thus Hatti: |
| 3 | e-la2-li2 me-et | Elali is dead. |
| 4 | szi2-im-tu3-szu u2-la2 | his fate he shall carry off. |
| 5 | i-szi2-im t,e2-em-ka3 | the price of your report |
| 6 | s,a-ba-at-ma | seized, and |
| 7 | ki-ma t,up-pa2-am | like a tablet |
| 8 | ta-asz2-me-u2 | you heard, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ti2-ib-a-ma | Tiba, and |
| 2 | a-tal-kam | I went. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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